Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM

[Matt Mackall]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:06:02PM +0100, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:50:10PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Can we use capabilities
> > 
> > capabilities don't work :(
> > 
> > 	http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.0/0502.html
> 
> well, maybe it is time to fix them ..
> 
> I already proposed some methods to extend them,
> and I'm also willing to dig into the various things
> required to allow to use the capability system for
> what it was intended.

You can't fix them without changing the semantics for existing users
in ways they didn't expect. It could be done with a new personality flag,
but..

-- 
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